make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood
run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's
breath; make one tremble &c.
haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.
put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt,
overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten &c. 909.
Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c. n.;
haunted with the fear of &c. n.; afeard[obs3].
afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-
hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless,
fidgety; more frightened than hurt.
aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic-
stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck; frightened to death,
white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes;
breathless, in hysterics.
inspiring fear &c. v.; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous &c.
(danger) 665; portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful;
shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific;
ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting &c. (painful) 830; Gorgonian.
Adv. in terrorem[Lat].
Int. "angels and ministers of grace defend us!" [Hamlet].
Phr. ante tubam trepidat[Latin]; horresco referens[Latin], one's heart
failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit
[Lat][Vergil].
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